held up in touch, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to lead briefly just inside final furlong, not pace of winner
held up in rear, fluent headway from 3f out to press leaders over 1f out, not quicken final furlong
made most, ridden 2f out, headed just inside final furlong, one pace
with leader until weakened approaching final furlong
held up in rear, effort 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
close up, hung badly right from over 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, won going away
keen hold, close up, pushed along 5f out, one pace and no impression final 2f
Chocolate Boy, Ellina and Efrhina look the main three to concentrate on here with selection being the last named. Efrhina was a winner just two days ago at Wolverhampton runs with a penalty so therefore has the advantage of not being reassessed by the handicapper. He has been running consistently well of late and if reproducing his form will prove difficult to beat. Chocolate Boy had to settle foe second place behind Ulshaw over this course and distance last time out and will again run his race. However he does lack an extra gear when needed and for that reason we will take him on. Ellina looked one-paced when third at Lingfield on his last outing and he looks to have a little to find with our selection if he is to get competitive today. A tricky race for punters to call but for the winner we return to Efrhina.
Efrhina (IRE) 12-1 Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on final furlong, won at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp pol beating Sian Thomas by a nk, 13 ran.
Ellina 6-1 Held up mid-division, improved over 4f out, chased leaders when ridden and hung right 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 16, 3l behind Montosari at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp pol in Apr.
Chocolate Boy (IRE) 7-2jt-fav Prominent, chased leaders over 2f out, led 1f out, headed and no extra final 50 yards, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Ulshaw at Brighton 1m 4f hcp gf in Apr.
Sovereign Dreamer (USA) 8-1 Raced gamely, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 9l behind Swift Sailor at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp gs in Mar.
Blue Hills 25-1 Led 3f, with leader until ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out, last of 13, 34l behind Eastborough at Warwick 1m 5f hcp gs in Apr.
Derwent (USA) 9-1 Always towards rear, 13th of 15, 11l behind Kirkham Abbey at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (E3) gf in Sept.
Papeete (GER) 16-1 Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 13, 25l behind Garden Society at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp (F4) pol in Dec.
Persian Genie (IRE) 20-1 Towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 18, 12l behind Heathyards Pride at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (F4) gf in Oct.
